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Michigan dental licensure exams

For dentist licensure exams in Michigan, Dentovio's sourced state record lists: NBDE (or iNBDE, which replaced the NBDE) conducted/scored by the JCNDE + ADEX clinical (written and clinical) administered by CDCA-WREB-CITA or another Board-approved regional agency; converted score of 75+ required on each component. Plus current BLS/ACLS certification. (WREB retired Dec 31 2022.) Confirm current iNBDE/NBDE, ADEX or other clinical exam, jurisprudence, law-and-rules, endorsement, and pathway-specific requirements with Michigan Board of Dentistry (Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs / LARA).

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Exam signals

NBDE (or iNBDE, which replaced the NBDE) conducted/scored by the JCNDE + ADEX clinical (written and clinical) administered by CDCA-WREB-CITA or another Board-approved regional agency; converted score of 75+ required on each component. Plus current BLS/ACLS certification. (WREB retired Dec 31 2022.)

Pathway context

CODA post-degree/advanced clinical pathway accepted — a foreign (non-CODA) dentist does NOT have to repeat a full DDS. Michigan (Admin. Rule 650 / R 338.11xxx, 'Graduates of foreign dental schools') requires a graduate of a non-CODA foreign dental school to complete EITHER (a) a minimum of 2 years / 2,850 clock hours of clinical training at a CODA-accredited U.S. or Canadian dental program (an 'advanced standing' program, offered e.g. at Univ. of Detroit Mercy and Univ. of Michigan), OR (b) a minimum 2-year master's degree or certificate program in a CODA-accredited specialty branch of dentistry. This is a 2-year advanced-standing/postdoctoral requirement rather than a full 4-year DDS repeat.

Before applying

  1. Confirm the accepted national board exam and score-report process.
  2. Check which clinical exams or residency alternatives the board accepts.
  3. Verify jurisprudence, law-and-rules, or ethics exam requirements.
  4. Confirm score-age windows, endorsement rules, and pathway-specific exceptions.

Notes

Michigan accepts 2 years / 2,850 clock hours of CODA clinical training OR a 2-year CODA specialty master's/certificate — this is the recognized foreign-grad route and is less than repeating a full DDS. Whether a standalone 1-year CODA GPR/AEGD alone (without meeting the 2-year/2,850-hour advanced-standing threshold) satisfies the education requirement is not clearly established; the 2-year specialty/advanced-standing option is the documented pathway, so residency-only is marked unclear. Could not fetch the ADA Michigan Laws & Rules PDF or the LARA foreign-grad PDF directly (403/redirect); details corroborated across the Michigan.gov LARA skilled-immigrant pathway document and ADA/LARA summaries. Verify exact current rule text with LARA.

Official source

Michigan Board of Dentistry (Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs / LARA)

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